Bangalore: The Industrial Solutions & Services (I&S) Group of Siemens AG, Germany has bagged a supplementary order worth around 16 million euros from the Bangalore International Airport Ltd. (BIAL) for installation of technical systems to support the revised plans for expanding capacities at the international airport in the first stage.

The new order is in addition to the contract bagged by the Siemens Group in 2005 to equip the new airport with airfield lighting, IT and communications systems, passenger boarding bridges, escalators and elevators, a baggage handling system, power supply equipment and a building security and automation system.

I&S has received an order to install additional technical solutions to manage the enlarged capacities at the new airport being built at Devanahalli, around 30 km north of Bangalore, the company said in a statement here on Thursday. The supplementary order means that the airport will be able to serve 11 million passengers a year in the first stage of the project — more than double the number originally planned. Even with this revision to enlarge capacities, the completion of the airport remains scheduled for April 2008.

First stage

The first stage of the airport project was originally designed to handle approximately 4.5 million passengers. But a recent study commissioned by the BIAL forecast a turnover of around 6.7 million passengers in 2008 when the airport is scheduled to open.

Modifications

Based on these studies, the BIAL, in April 2006, decided to make appropriate modifications to the first stage of the project. And, with a view to accommodate a larger number of passengers, the company is expanding the baggage handling system and the terminal building.

In addition, the layout of runways, taxiways and parking positions are being rearranged so as to allow more flight operations.

Siemens will supply the airfield and apron lighting equipment.

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